Phone Hacking Perspective
Whether the Murdoch empire at least in the UK implodes due to the NoW affair or not is not my concern but what does concern me is the whole method of what could be described as investigative journalism. Phone hacking is an illegal activity. However call or information interception undertaken through official warrants and other statutory instruments by authorities is not, be that the police or the other security services. Unfortunately, the conduct of the police with preventing such illegal activities or enforcing the law where it is not does not give the public confidence. Therefore, we need to ask what is investigative journalism today. Has it beoome one where the speed of getting the story has superceded the need of getting it done thoroughly and comprehensively and therefore getting it quick using such activities is what has made it important.